"Father!" Eula, Mikey and Lucy enter the throne room. There only seems to be the king with a few of his servants.

"Eula I was waiting for you! I am glad the negotiatons went well, but I've expected as much. I've heard some of the things from Iorhael already, tell me more! And who are these two?" The king showers Eula with questions. But how does he know about everything already? How could have Iorhael already told him if he isn't even in the city yet?

"These two are the ones who know about the situation at the Heaven village," Eula answers. Mikey and Lucy want to ask Eula some questions, regarding the fact that the king already knew about everything.

"I see,I see." The king glances at Mikey and Lucy. "So, young man, young woman, what information do you bring?"

"The Heaven village, might get destroyed..." Mikey says. King doesn't seem shocked by what Mikey said, it seems that Iorhael must have told him this much already.

"I don't know too much, but I am certain that there is something bad happening there at the moment, and that the village might get destroyed. Which is why I am on my way there," Mikey adds.

King turns to one of his servants, an old elf. "Ignis, is he saying the truth?" The servant nods. "Yes my lord, I am certain," the servant named Ignis claims.

A lie detector?

"If Ignis says so, you must be saying the truth. Alright.. unfortunately I am faced with a really important matter at the moment so I am not sure if I can intervene myself," The king points out, not actually saying what is he talking about.

"Father, can I go?" Eula begs.

"Yes, I actually planned on doing that, however, you will be granted an escort, otherwise, I can't allow you to go. Young man, when will the calamity at the village take place?" The king asks him.

"I am not sure, but it won't be tommorow, I know that," Mikey answers. The king looks at Ignis again, who simply nods. Mikey is lying very well, the servant's lie detector is being deceived because Mikey is saying only part of the truth.

"Alright, one last question. Do you know who will try to destroy the village? Or perhaps, do you have any leads towards someone who it could be?" The king asks a really good question.

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Damn, what now?

"Well..." Mikey squeezes his hand into a fist and looks at the king. "The culprit will probably be a human," Mikey proclaims. This surprises even Lucy and Eula, because Mikey hasn't said anything about it to them.

The servant once again lets king now that Mikey is saying the truth.

"You wouldn't know, who exactly could be the one planning on destroying the village, would you?" The king looks at Mikey with a suspicious look.

Mikey thinks that he's screwed, he answers: "I am not sure," the king looks at his servant who once again gives him a light nod.

Mikey is surprised by this, he doesn't show it because that would only raise the king's suspicion.

What was that? Did I broke his lie detector? Is it not that accurate? How did he not see through my lie there? Mikey is full of questions but has to keep quiet.

"Alright, thanks for the information. You shall depart tommorow. Eula and an escort of two commanders whom I will choose will be assigned to go with you. I hope that you can find the culprit," the king smiles only lightly.

"By the way, I didn't catch your names, may I know them?" The king sincerely asks.

"Mikey Hunt."

"Lucy Hunt."

"Oh, you two are married then? I didn't know that." The king laughs. "Oh no we-" Mikey is about to correct the king but Lucy glances at him with an expression that simply reads SHUT UP.

"That's right, mister king." Lucy gives off a charming smile.

"I see, I see. In that case, Reinheim. Show them to a guest room.,"

"Yes my lord!" Reinheim, a servant in the king's hall. Accepts his order with pleasure, and escort Mikey and Lucy to the guest room. "Right this way please,"

The male servant shows them to their room. "Woah, this room looks quite nice," Mikey takes a look around the room and appreaciates all the furniture and the view from the castle to the city. The entire city is completely lit up. "It sure is." Lucy looks out of the window.

"Why is everything lit up?" Lucy asks Reinheim.

"So that monsters don't spawn," Reinheim gives a simple answer. "Ohh, right, by the way, do you need to be here?" Lucy asks nicely.

"Oh of course, I will give you two privacy. I just have one question to ask: Do you want anything to eat?" The servant asks them. "Yeah sure, what do you guys serve?" Mikey keeps looking from the window at the city.

"We have..." The servant starts naming several foods. Mikey doesn't recognize a single dish, neither does Lucy.

"Uhhh, I will go with the uhhh. What was it called? The nether lamb steak served with red potatoes and the salad,"

"You mean the Wither Flower Salad?" The servant asks.

"Yeah yeah, that. Thanks."

"And I will go with the, Endeteria Spaghetti." Lucy says.

"You mean the Endethereria Spaghetti?" The servant smiles.

"Yes, yes, that." Lucy awkwardly smiles back.

"Alright, I will shortly arive with the food," The servant leaves Mikey's room.

"And please knock when you come back!" Lucy shouts so that he can hear her clearly.

Why do they have food from the nether? Mikey would love to ask the servant but he figured that the servant wouldn't know much.

"Alright, so... why exactly did you tell me to stop talking at that moment?" Mikey turns to Lucy.

"I am glad you caught on. I wanted us to be in the same room. Although, I am also surprised that Eula didn't say anything." Lucy says.

"Why did you want to be in the same room tho? That's what I don't understand." Mikey asks.

"Two things. The first one is that I know you're hiding something from me about that quest of yours. Afterall, you wouldn't have THAT kind of reaction if you simply knew that a village was going to get destroyed would you? And the second thing. That servant Ignis is suspicious. So I plan on spying on him. I figured you would want to see that too."

"Now that makes sense. And you're right, that servant Ignis is suspicious. I blatantly lied to him once but he nodded that I was indeed saying the truth," Mikey points out.

"What were you lying about?" Lucy asks out of curiousity because she didn't feel like Mikey was lying at all.

"Well, the king asked me who is planning to destroy the village right? I said that I don't know, only that it was going to be a human... But I actually know veru well." Mikey says.

"So that's why you were so worried about it. Is it someone who we know? Zoro? Christina?" Lucy starts asking but Mikey shakes his head and points at himself.

"I will be the one to do it."

"WHAT?!"